Top first names in Arkansas

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Arkansas since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Arkansas account for 1,390,867 total births.

#	Name	Total in Arkansas
1	James	86,445
2	Mary	59,021
3	John	51,997
4	William	49,752
5	Robert	45,090
6	Charles	39,024
7	Michael	32,658
8	David	31,225
9	Betty	23,464
10	Billy	20,896
11	Willie	20,777
12	Linda	20,358
13	Thomas	19,652
14	Christopher	18,830
15	Jerry	17,824
16	Dorothy	17,202
17	Larry	17,166
18	Richard	17,051
19	Barbara	16,171
20	George	15,864
21	Bobby	15,718
22	Kenneth	15,345
23	Joseph	15,204
24	Patricia	14,529
25	Elizabeth	13,907
26	Donald	13,828
27	Jimmy	13,453
28	Joe	13,190
29	Shirley	13,060
30	Joshua	12,736
31	Paul	12,468
32	Helen	12,439
33	Carolyn	12,352
34	Ruby	12,299
35	Matthew	11,779
36	Sarah	11,713
37	Gary	11,669
38	Jennifer	11,485
39	Brenda	11,408
40	Martha	11,180
41	Margaret	10,861
42	Daniel	10,504
43	Henry	10,022
44	Edward	9,934
45	Jason	9,909
46	Steven	9,804
47	Roy	9,727
48	Johnny	9,654
49	Emma	9,638
50	Andrew	9,630
51	Virginia	9,532
52	Ruth	9,278
53	Donna	9,258
54	Jacob	9,247
55	Ashley	9,241
56	Anna	9,231
57	Wanda	9,223
58	Sandra	9,217
59	Mark	9,193
60	Timothy	9,083
61	Samuel	9,070
62	Terry	9,046
63	Carl	9,016
64	Anthony	8,970
65	Jessica	8,905
66	Jessie	8,883
67	Rebecca	8,879
68	Sharon	8,842
69	Mildred	8,840
70	Amanda	8,832
71	Harold	8,800
72	Joyce	8,767
73	Justin	8,730
74	Kimberly	8,642
75	Ronald	8,581
76	Brandon	8,474
77	Kevin	8,341
78	Jack	8,167
79	Angela	8,088
80	Lisa	7,975
81	Jonathan	7,779
82	Karen	7,758
83	Raymond	7,747
84	Nancy	7,689
85	Doris	7,572
86	Frances	7,570
87	Emily	7,523
88	Evelyn	7,219
89	Laura	7,188
90	Brian	7,160
91	Eddie	7,144
92	Deborah	7,142
93	Danny	7,127
94	Tommy	7,126
95	Alice	7,039
96	Walter	7,034
97	Lee	6,822
98	Melissa	6,688
99	Annie	6,643
100	Hazel	6,634